Washing machine



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ATTHNEY Patented Mar.11,1941- 2,234,878

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE WASHING MACHINE John Fisher Ross, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Application July 31, 1939, Serial No. 287,445 4 Claims. (Cl. 68-7-151l' li/lv invention relates to improvements in was I4 is an outer bearing sleeve rittirie.r around inc machines, and the object o1' the invention is the inner sleeve 8 so as to revolve freely thereon. to devise a simple, cheap, eiicient machine which The sleeve i4 extends at its lower end through will provide for a continuous and thorough cirthe orifice I3 in the clothes container bottom and 5 culation of the water through the clothes and is provided with an annular nance lli secured to which will produce such circulation at lower the plate I6 spaced below the clothes container speeds of rotation and ln such a way that the bottom. A cap lliX is secured within the sleeve clothes will not clog the machine to prevent Il and to the shaft 1 so that the shaft 1, sleeve quick and free circulation of the water, and fur- I4, and clothes container I2 revolve in unison ther to provide means for preventing the forcaround the sleeve 8. A thrust bearing Il is in- 10 inc on of the lid of the washer by the accumuterposed between the cap IEX and sleeve 8, the lation of suds and the consequent spilling of the sleeve 8 being provided with bushings I8 and suds over the edge of the Washer onto the floor, I9 within which the shaft 'I revolves.

and it consists essentially o! the arrangement The upper rim of the container I2 is provided M and construction of the parts hereafter dewith an annular inwardly extending flange 23. 15 scribed. 25 are radial lmpeller flanges located between Fig. l is a perspective view of my washing mathe bottom of the container I2 and the plate I6 chine broken away to exhibit the interior strucby which the water is drawn through the per my tnre thereof. forations I2o and impelled radially outward and im lille. 2 is a vertical sectional view through my then upward between the containers I2 and l. 2U machine. 24 is an annular plate provided with depend- Fig. 3 is a plan view of my machine partialltv ing annular flanges 26 and 2l, the flange 2l loebreiten away to exhibit the interior construction. ing supported on an annular shoulder io formed n l is a sectional plan view on line 4-t in the interior or the water container l. lliie im liic. it. plate 2li entends over the flange 2t and is spaced W' 5 is sectional detail ci the means tor .upwardly therefrom. rI'he flange tti depends rctnrninc the snds at the edge oi the washer ton trom the rino,r tit so as to entend helow the upper wards the centre ot the washer. level oi the tiende it as clearly' shown in Fia. 2 lin the drawings like letters ci reference indi and is spaced inwardly trom such harige so as cate corresponding parts in the dilterent views. to iorln space tor the downward passage oi? the im The 'hnineral l indicates a water container water as it is carried over the harige liti. mounted on a suitable stand. llhe opper edge ci ilinppcrted hv the plate lill and @attending he titre water container wail is provided with an antween the :dances tti and 2l are angle bars m rl edge groove i in which 'lits hande il ot' the termine' radial varies which direct the water as im lid it ascends between the containers l and it?. inmi the driving shalt mounted in a bearing WM@ WEI mit llliliel @Elec O th@ Container il? sleeve extending through a circular openings' it iorincd bv the itlange iii. inclined in the centre or the water container i in order to Prevent th@ dcllmlllailfi 0f Slide and provided with a iiange it iorrned integral in the top of the machine forcing the lid d dpn titi "mi th. ewith and, hearing against the inner tace ol? ward and allowing the suds to spill l form. ortenm tw the hottorn wall di? the water container. il is a ings llt in the ring it directly over the vanes ont which is screwed onto the lower end of the 'it and slits ill at the toll O the Vertical Walls oi sleeve ti against the lower face ol the hottorn the imei@ blS @t the water container so that such bottom is is the soapy Water 1S Carried violently against Ml clamped between the nance ill and nut il to the vertical walls of the bars 2t it is forced 'lili icrrn a water tight joint. through the slits 20 so as to pass rapidly transit clothes container I2 located centrally withverselv beneath the opening 29.

the water container I is provided with Walls As the suds build up in the top of the machine having perforations I2 and I2o in the sides and they cover the openings 29 and the rapid pass- W hottom to allow of the passage of the water 'oeing of the water beneath the orifices produces tween the containers I2 and I. The walls 0f a suction which draws the overlying suds dwn the container I2 are spaced from the wallsv of through the orifices and into the flow of water the container I so as to allow for an intervening impelled inward by the next adjacent vane towatcr space. The bottom of' the clothes con- Wards .the centre of the machine. W tainer I2 is provided with a central orifice I3. The water passing over the rim of the clothes 55 container formed by the flange 23 radially off the bars 28 strikes the ange 26 and passes downwardly into the water in the clothes container and to the bottom perforations |2, some of the water, during such downward travel, passing radially through the perforations 2X to Join the upwardly circulating water.

3| are ribs iitting the lower interior corner of the clothes container and serve to carry the water and clothes around with the container as soon as it starts to revolve serving to spread the clothes out radially and prevent them packing against the perforated walls.

By my arrangement the blades 25 circulate the water without the clothes container being rotated at high speed. The clothes container being rotated at lower speed, the clothes are not forced outward with great pressure against the perforated wall of the container and are carried freely around by the ribs 3l so as to ensure of the free circulation of water through the perforations I 2X.

Also as the suds build up in the top of the container such suds around the edge o1' the container are drawn down into the inwardly directed waterflow, thus preventing the suds building up to such an extent as to force theirlway outward between the container edge and its cover to spill on the floor.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A washing machine comprising an outer stationary Water container, an inner clothes container having a perforated bottom and rotatably mounted within the outer container to form an annular water space between the containers, means for circulating the water passing through the bottom'perforations oi' the clothes container radially outward and upward between the walls of the clothes and water containers, an annular plate carried by the water container and extending over the upper edge of the clothes container and spaced therefrom and having suitably spaced apart openings therein, an annular flange depending from the inner edge of the plate into the clothes container and spaced therefrom, angle bars carried by the plate and flange and extending radially beneath each opening and having a slit opening in the vertical wall thereoi located at one side of the plate opening and against which the circulating water is carried by the rotating clothes container to be injected transversely of the plate opening.

2. A washing machine comprising an outer stacontainer and spaced therefrom and having suitably spaced apart openings thereon, angle bars carried by the deflecting plate beneath each opening, the vertical wall of which extends at one side o1' the opening and having a horizontal slit opening therein at the top.

3. The combination with an outer stationary water container and an inner rotatable clothes container spaced therefrom, an annular horizontal plate Icarried by the water container to extend over the edge of the clothes container in spaced relation therewith and having orifices therein over which the gathering suds extend, a ange depending from the inner edge of the plate into the inner container, and means coacting with the rotating inner container for injecting a sheet of water transversely beneath the orifices to draw the overlying suds therethrough into the water ow.

4. The combination with an outer stationary water container and an inner rotatable clothes container spaced therefrom, an annular horizontal plate carried by the water container to extend over the edge of the clothes container in spaced relation therewith and having orices therein over which the gathering suds extend, a ange depending from the inner edge of the plate into the inner container, and means coacting with the rotating inner container for injecting a sheet of water transversely beneath the orifices to draw the overlying suds therethrough into the water flow, such means comprising an angle bar vane, the vertical wall of which depends from the annular plate 'on the water approach side of each orice, the vertical portion of the vane having a slit opening therein parallel with and adjacent to the annular plate, the horizontal portion of the vane extending from the lower edge of the vertical portion to the water receding side of the orifice.

JOHN FISHER ROSS. 

